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Cornmeal 

Cornmeal has a sweet taste that ants cannot resist, but also can't digest. Sprinkle a bit of cornmeal where you see ants. They'll eat the cornmeal, carry it off and feed it to other ants, and then die.

Garlic 

Garlic repels more than just vampires, it will repel ants and cockroaches, too! Leave a few garlic cloves where you've seen the insects, and the bugs will run in the opposite direction. Replace the cloves when they dry out.

Vegetable oil 

Vegetable Oil Kill household bugs like earwigs and silverfish by pouring vegetable oil to a shallow dish. The bugs won't be able to climb back out once they enter, and will die a slippery death.

Basil 

You already know that fresh basil is delicious is many of your favorite recipes, but did you also know it's great for repelling bugs naturally? Snip a few fresh leaves and hang them in doorways to repel mosquitos and flies.

Cayenne pepper  

Cayenne pepper Kill household bugs attached to plants with a little cayenne pepper. In a spray bottle, combine the pepper with water, and add a few drops of dish soap. Spray plant leaves with the mixture, and it will kill any bugs that are attached.

Eucalyptus oil 

Use this essential oil to kill cockroaches, spiders, and other small insects. It is non-toxic, and leaves a pleasant smell behind. To use, combine the oil with water and store in a spray bottle. When you see the bug, spray it with the mixture. The insect will die almost immediately.

Sticky candy 

Draw mice to a mouse trap with sticky candy. Use something sweet and sticky, such as gumdrops or taffy. Mice can't resist it! Just make sure you only use this where it is out the sight of young children.

Diatomaceous Earth 

If you've never heard of diatomaceous earth, you're not alone. It's a mouthful to say, but a handy substance to have to kill household bugs and garden pests. DE (short for diatomaceous earth) is a powdery substance that can be used to kill fleas, ants, spiders, and other insects. Look for food-grade DE, which can be used safely all over the house to kill bugs naturally.

Vinegar 

Mist white distilled vinegar in the kitchen to kill and repel small insects. Vinegar is completely safe to use around food, but is strong enough to put a quick end to an indoor bug problem.
Remember, you won't have to go through the trouble of killing household bugs if you can find a way to keep them out. One way to do that is to take away what attracts them in the first place. Clean up any food and beverage spills immediately. Don't store pet food dishes on the floor. And remember to seal up any cracks that may allow bugs indoors in the first place.

These sweet snacks are the most popular in the world

  a.  Snickers

Another one of the Mars candy products, the Snickers bar is well known all over the world and needs no real introduction to any candy lover. This bar is nutty and chunky which is one of the reasons why it has become so popular. A very filling bar packed with different types of flavors and stuffing in the form of nuts embedded in chocolate, it has many different versions since the original one came out and is also popular as a snack bar.

  b.  M&M’s

M&M’s is the chocolate candy manufactured in United States by Mars Inc and it is the world number one candy which makes the business of 1.8 billion dollars annually. M&Ms were first invented in 1941 by Forrest Mars and R.Burrice Murrie. M&Ms have been introduced in many colors and is sold in more than hundred countries. M&Ms have attracted their customer by introducing chocolates in different colors and character which gain the attention of many customers. They also come in different varieties of filling like almonds and peanuts!

  c.  Trident

Trident is chewing gum candy manufactured in Brazil makes the annual sale of 682 million dollars and it is the ^3rd largest selling candy of the world. Trident is produced by Cadbury. Tridentis considered as the best chewing gum of the world and it is beneficial as it is sugar less and less calories in. Trident comes in different packings.

  d.   Reese’s

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are a loved form of candy that was first introduced in 1928. As the name suggests it is a candy that has peanut butter in it and is shaped like a cup cake or a cup more often than not. A product of the Hershey company, it was earlier with the founder of the company HB Reese who later sold the company. Today it can be found in different shapes and sizes with different flavors and fillings

  f.   Dove/Galaxy

Galaxy is a brand of milk chocolate made and marketed by Mars Incorporated sold in the UK and Ireland. It is one of several related products riffing upon the name Mars by using an astronomical name. The brand was launched in 1960 and bought by Mars in 1986.

  h.   Milka

Milka as the name tells it is a dairy milk chocolate produced in Germany by Kraft. It is symbolize with the milk cow and is the largest selling candy of the world which make up the annual sale of almost 733 million dollars which make it largest selling candy of the world. It has been introduced in different packing and has variety of tastes inside it.

  i.   Cadbury Dairy Milk

Cadbury’s Dairy Milk is the milk chocolate manufactured in United Kingdom by Cadbury. Cadbury rank # 2 in the world as its sales is 852 million dollars annually which is second only to M&Ms. Cadbury was first produced by George Cadbury in 1904. It has comfortably captured the worldwide market.  Cadbury has the strong edge of its popularity because it has the milk in it ingredient which is good for health. Cadbury’s was recently acquired by Kraft.

  j.   Orbit

 Orbit is considered as the 6th largest sales generating revenue candy of the world which is in the form of chewing gum as it has 455 milliondollars sales annually. It is produced in Russia by Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.

  g. Hsu Fu Chi

 Hsu Fu Chi the largest selling candy of China makes up the annual sales of 256 million dollars annually. It is manufactured by Hsu Fu Chi International. It comes in different varieties so is the reason why it is considered as the assorted candy with different tastes.

  k.   Kit Kat

 Kit-Kat is a timeless favorite that has practically made its way all around the globe. A chocolate wrapped wafer that is not only great to eat but also excludes some of the calories that complete bars have to offer, the name Kit-Kat has been immortalized by ads that tout it as a great bar to enjoy anytime you need a break (have a break have a Kit-Kat). The bar is manufactured in many shapes and sizes since 1911 when it was first made in England.

 

Barack Obama on Tuesday (6-11-2012) became second time US president to swear on the Bible that Abraham Lincoln used for his inauguration 147 years ago.

  Know Obama

• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics
• He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball
• His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili
• He is left-handed - the 6th post-war president to be left-handed
• He has read every Harry Potter book
• He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali
• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream
• His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars
• He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia
• He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president - he didn't
• He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia
• He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck
• He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee
• His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine
• His favorite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees
• He enjoys Scrabble and poker
• He hates the youth trend for trousers, which sag beneath the backside
• He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal
• Daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita
• He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry
• He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes
• His Secret Service handlers gave him the code name “Renegade”
• He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds

Soan Papdi

 Ingredients:1 1/4 cup Gram Glour
1 1/4 cup Maida
250 gms Ghee
2 1/2 cups Sugar
1 1/2 cup Water
2 tbsp Milk
1/2 tsp Cardamom seeds crushed coarsely
4" squares cut from a thin polythene sheet

Procedure:

1. Sift both flours together.
2. Heat ghee in a heavy saucepan. Add flour mixture and roast on low till light golden. Keep aside to cool a little, stirring occasionally.
3. Prepare syrup simultaneously. Make syrup out of sugar, water and milk. Bring syrup to 2 1/2 thread consistency.
4. Pour at once into the flour mixture. Beat well with a large fork till the mixture forms threadlike flakes.
5. Pour onto a greased surface or thali and roll to 1" thickness lightly. Sprinkle the elaichi and gently press down with palm.
6. Cool, cut into 1" squares, wrap individually into square pieces of thin plastic sheet. Store in an airtight container.
 
Khoya Laddu
 
 Ingredients:

2 cups of Khoya
2 cups powdered Sugar
1-1/2 cups of powdered and roasted sesame seeds or til
Kesar
Chopped almonds and Pistas

Procedure:

Roast the khoya on slow flame till it becomes golden yellow in color.
Then let it cool for some minutes.
Now add some coarsely powdered sesame seeds to the khoya and mix it well.
Add the sugar when the above mixture becomes Lukewarm.
Mix it well and give it a shape of small balls.
Take care that the mixture should not be too hot otherwise the sugar will melt and perfect balls would not be made.
Finally decorate it with kesar, almonds and pistas.  

Rava Ladoo
 Do try delicious rava ladoos filled with choicest dry fruits.

Ingredients :

2 cups semolina
1 cup ghee
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp broken cashew nuts
1 tsp fried cardamom powder
1 tsp raisins fried

Procedure :

Heat 1 tsp ghee in a pan and dry roast the rava till it turns pink.
Grind the fried rava and powdered sugar in a mixer to a fine powder.
Heat the remaining ghee and add the powdered rava, cashew nuts, raisins and cardamom powder and mix them thoroughly.
While still warm, make into small sized balls.
Cool and store in an airtight container.

Mitha Khaja

 Ingredients:

1-1/2 cup of flour
½ cup of Jaggery
1cup of water
¼ tablespoon of cardamom powder
1 tablespoon of Ghee

Procedure:

Firstly heat the water and jaggery until it dissolves in the water.
Strain and cool it and add cardamom powder and ghee to the flour.
Knead the flour with jaggery water till the dough becomes stiff.
Breaking it into 24-25 parts, knead and roll it into 4`` rounds.
Keep it aside so as to make it bit dry.
Fry it in hot ghee until its color becomes golden.
Next drain and cool it till the khajas becomes crisper.
Serve it or keep it in an airtight container.

Besan ki Barfi


Ingredients:
Besan 1 kg
Sugar 1 kg
Water 1/2 liter
Ghee 1 kg
For garnishing: Pistas, Almonds
 Procedure:

Fry besan in ghee on low flame for about 30 mins till it becomes pink and ghee separates.
Mix sugar and water into a syrup.
Add this syrup to the besan and mix well.
Pour this mixture into a greased tray.
When it cools cut into cubes and garnish with pistas and almonds.  

Boondi Laddu

Try out the recipe of this delightful, forever favourite Indian sweet.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Gram Flour (Besan)
• 1/2 kg Ghee
• A few drops Milk
• 6 strands Saffron (Kesar)
• 2 cups Sugar
• 15 Green Cardamoms Powder
• 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
• 15 Cashewnuts

Procedure:

• In a pan, heat water and sugar to make sugar syrup.
• Add saffron and cardamom powder to the sugar syrup and stir well.
• Add soda and water to gram flour and make a smooth paste.
• Heat ghee in a deep frying pan and put the gram flour paste in the boondi maker and press out small boondis and fry till light yellow.
• In another pan, fry cashew nuts.
• Add the boondis and fried cashew nuts and raisins to the sugar syrup and mix. Cool.
• Grease your hands and roll out small laddoos out of the boondi mixture. Allow to cool. Store in air-tight containers.   

Chocolate Burfi

  Ingredients:
 
1 Kg Grated Khoya
300 gms Sugar
2 tsp Green cardamon powder
Silver Foil
50 gms Chocolate Powder

Procedure:

Take one kg of grated khoya and dry roast it in kadai.
Add sugar and cook further.
Add green cardamon powder mix well.
Divide equally it in to two parts.
Mix chocolate in first part.
Flatten both the parts sepatrately and lightly place chocolate part over the while one.
Cut into diamond shape. Decorate with silver foil.  

Try this Sweet & Make ur Diwali Sweet Safe & Happy.
HAPPY DIWALI FRIENDS

It's that time of the year again when you are bound to suffer from cracked heels. Here are a few remedies which can help you treat cracked heels.

-Apply any hydrogenated vegetable oil after washing the feet and drying them. After applying a thick coat of oil, wear a pair of thick socks. Leave this application overnight.

-Apply the pulp of a ripe banana on the dry or cracked area of the heel. Leave it on for 10 minutes and rinse it clean.

-Soak the feet in lemon juice for about 10 minutes. Follow this therapy on a weekly basis.

-A daily regime of cleansing and moisturizing can help treat and prevent dry or cracked heels.

Rabdi

Ingredients
1/4 cup condensed milk
2 cups milk
2 bread slices
A few safforn strands
1/4 tsp elachi powder

Method
1. Discard crusts from bread slices.
2. Grind these slices in a processor and prepare fresh bread crumbs.
3. Boil milk in a pan.
4. Add bread crumbs, condensed milk and sugar altogether.
5. Simmer on a high flame, stir continuously for about 10 minutes.
6. Remove from the fire.
7. Add safforn and cardamon powder and mix well.
8. Keep it in a refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
9. Rabri is ready to serve.

Dum Aloo (Potato)

Ingredients
Potato : 250 gm
Garam masala : ½ tsp.
Tomato : 100 gm
Jeera : ¼ tsp.
Dhaniya powder : 1½ tsp.
Hing : 1 pinch
Red chilly powder and Haldi powder : ½ tsp. each
Oil for tadaka : 2 tbsp.
Salt : 1 tsp.
Coriander leaves : For flavour

Method: Peel the potatoes. Cut them into small cubes. Grate the tomato and keep aside. Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add jeera and hing together. Add tomato and cook till done. Add potatoes and fry for 2 minutes. Add dhaniya, red chilly, haldi, salt and garam masala. Add two glassfuls of water. Cover it with lid. After one whistle, simmer the gas for 5-7 minutes. Transfer it to a bowl. Sprinkle some coriander leaves. Serve hot with Bedmi Puri.


Aloo Tikki

Ingredients
6 potatoes
1/4 tsp green chilli paste
1/4 tsp garam masala
Salt as per taste
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp ginger paste
Oil for frying

Method: Microwave potaoes for 7 mins. Peel and smash the potatoes. Mix in potatoes rest of the ingredients except oil and make small patties. Heat oil in a frying pan and deep fry till golden brown and serve hot with wafers.


Badam Puri

Ingredients:
All purpose flour or Maida 2 cups
Salt 1/2 tsp
Ghee 4 tbsps
Orange food color
Grated dry coconut(copra)
Chopped nuts
Oil for frying

For syrup (chashni / paka ):
Sugar 1 cup
Water 1 cup
Cardamom powder 1 tsp

Method: In a large bowl, combine flour, food color and salt. Add water and make a soft dough (like chapathi). Keep covered for 20 minutes. Now prepare sugar syrup or chashni. Add 1 cup of water to 1 cup of sugar. Bring it to boil. Keep boiling till you get a thread like consistency. Add cardamom powder and keep aside.

Make small lemon size balls out of the dough and keep them covered. Dust the working surface with little flour. Take a ball and roll into round shape. Smear ghee on the surface. Now fold it into half and again half. It should look like a triangle. Then press lightly with the rolling pin. Follow the same procedure for the remaining balls. Heat oil in a frying pan, dip prepared trianglular puris one by one. Deep fry in a medium flame till golden brown.

As soon as you take out from the oil, dip it in the sugar syrup. Let the syrup cover all side. Remove with the help of tongs and keep aside on the plate. Decorate with grated dry coconut (copra) and chopped nuts on top of each puri


Broken Wheat Kheer

Ingredients
Broken wheat 1 cup
Water 2 1/2 cup
Jaggery 1 cup
Cornflour 2 tsp
Cardamoms powder 2 tsp
Coconut milk, from one cup freshly grated coconut

Method:
Prepare broken wheat in dry grinder. Then cook broken wheat in pressure cooker, with water, till very soft. It normally takes about 8 minutes. Add jaggery to nearly boiling cooked wheat and let simmer for a minute more, uncovered, stirring all the time to avoid burning. Remove from heat. Mix coconut milk with cornflour and add to porridge on the low flame. Allow it to almost boil but do not keep boiling for any length of time. Add cardamom powder, and serve hot or cold.
 

An average of three in ten employees call in sick to their office when not actually ill, with some giving unusual excuses like their dog having a nervous breakdown to they themselves suffering from a broken heart.

The sick days, legitimate or otherwise, also become more frequent around the winter holidays, with nearly one-third of employers reporting more employees call in sick during the holiday season.

At the same time, 29% of employers have checked up on an employee to verify that the illness is legitimate, usually by requiring a doctor's note or calling the employee later in the day.

Some employers have had other employees call a suspected faker (18%) or even gone so far as to drive by the employee's home (14%).

Besides, 17% of employers have fired employees for giving a fake excuse.

The most unusual excuses given by the employees calling in sick included the employee's sobriety tool not allowing the car to start, the worker forgetting he had a job, his or her dog having a nervous breakdown and the employee's dead grandmother being exhumed for a police investigation.

Employees also gave excuses like their toe getting stuck in a faucet, getting bitten by a bird, being upset after watching 'The Hunger Games', getting sick from reading too much, suffering from a broken heart and hair turning orange from dying her hair at home.

The survey further found that 31% of employers notice an uptick in sick days around the winter holidays.

December is the most popular month to call in sick, with 20% saying their employees call in the most during that month. July is the next most popular month to skip out on work, followed by January and February.

The study says that next to actually being sick, the most common reasons employees call in sick are because "they just don't feel like going to work (34%), or because they felt like they needed to relax (29%)."

Others take the day off so they can make it to a doctor's appointment (22%), catch up on sleep (16%), or run some errands (15%).